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PROF. DES8ART. 
RESUMED STUDY IN ANTHRAX. 
CONSIDERED FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF SANITARY POLICE. 
By Prof. Dessart. 
{Continued from page 193.) 
II. SPECIAL SYMPTOMATOLOGY. 
Taking advantage of the most recent scientific discoveries, we 
will consider anthrax under two types only, viz : without and 
with external manifestations (localizations ), both being collected 
under the common name of anthrax disease. 
ANTHRAX IN EQUINES. 
(a). Anthrax without external fever. (Anthrax fever).— 
Anthrax fever runs a rapid course, not exceeding generally three 
or four days. The horse afflicted with it becomes suddenly sick, 
and the access of the disease is marked by a well developed febrile 
condition. Ordinarily the subject is comatose. There is great 
prostration, and the animal has a staggering gait. Respiration is 
accelerated, and the pulse, first full, rapidly becomes small and ir¬ 
regular. The motions of the heart are strong and bounding. 
The temperature soon diminishes, while in the febrile stage it had 
risen more or less. The coat is dull; the hairs of the mane are 
easily pulled out. The visible mucous membranes are infiltrated, 
assume a dark yellow or red brick color, and are often covered 
with petechise. The urine is usually brownish, and frequently 
bloody. There is no appetite, but occasionally great thirst, but 
in most eases the animal appears quite indifferent to either liquid 
or solid food. At times there are colics, varying in severity and 
duration, accompanied by very offensive dark stools, the evacua¬ 
tion of which is often accompanied or preceded by bloody dis¬ 
charges, manifesting the existence of enterorrhagy. 
Sometimes the comatose stage is interrupted by an access of 
violent excitation, at which time the animal assumes an aggressive 
attitude. 
The morbid process continuing, all the symptoms increase, and 
the animal soon dies, death usaully taking place either upon the 
